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Ancient; Egyptian; Death; Burial; Rite

Jackal-headed god Anubis receiving dead king or noble: Painting inside coffin. Anubis, son of Osiris, took souls of dead to his father the judge of the underworld.

Monarchy; Royalty; British; Stuart; Religion; Christian; Protestant; Anglican; 17th century; Seventeenth century

Mary II (1662-1694), elder daughter of James II, queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1689 as joint monarch with her husband William III. After portrait by William Wissing.

History; War; France; England; Hundred; Years; War

'The Hermitage of Vancouleurs'. Joan of Arc (c1412-31) St Joan, Maid of Orleans, French patriot and martyr, consulting the hermit about the mission that she must accomplish. Fleury-Francois Richard (1777-1852) French. Painting. Oil on canvas. 1819. Louvre, Paris.

British; Literature; English; Theatre; Play; Entertainment

Helena Modjeska (1840-1909) Polish actress who appeared in London 1880-1882 and in 1890. Here as Portia in the comedy The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Photogravure published c1895.

USA; Abolition; Emancipation

?President Lincoln writing the Proclamation of Freedom, l January 1863. Lithograph after painting by Blythe. A bust of Lincoln's Unionist predecessor Andrew Jackson is on the mantelpiece. James Buchanan's with rope round its neck hangs from the bookcase.

Royalty; British; English; Stuart

Charles II (1630-1685) King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660 after restoration of the monarchy. Chromolithograph after portrait by John Greenhill.

Art; France; Paris; Anti-clerical; Destruction; Eighteenth century; 18th century

Demolition of the Abbey of Montmartre': Louis Gabriel Moreau (c1740-c1806), French painter and etcher. During the French Revolution the Abbey buildings were virtually demolished. The remains were so derelict by the mid-19th century that complete destruction was proposed. Between 1899-1905 a major restoration programme took place.

agriculture; farming; french art

Jean-Fran?ois Millet

Russian art

Natalia goncharova, Portrait of Bronislava Nijinsky, Watercolour and ink on paper

spanish History; royalty; Christianity; spanish art

Virgen de los Reyes Cat

Art; Genre

A Woman seated Drawing'. Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) Dutch painter. The scene illustrates the early stage of an artist's training when the pupil has to practice drawing after sculptures and prints.

Art; Soviet; Russia; USSR; Communism; Communist

?Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Long live Lenin', Soviet propaganda poster by Viktor Semenovich Ivanov.

Art; Advertising

?Joan of Arc (Saint Joan c1412-1431) French national heroine during the Hundred Years' War between France and England. Joan, in male dress, at the feet of Charles VII, 1429. Nineteenth century Trade Card Chromolithograph?

Art; Child; Animal; Pet; Fidelity; Fabric; Velvet

?Portrait of a Young Boy with a Dog', 1658. Oil on canvas. Jacob van Loo (1614-1670) Dutch painter.

Art; Easel; Canvas; Globe; Carpet

Artist's studio with Artist at Work on the Portrait of a Woman' Oil on canvas. Gerard Thomas (1663-1720) Flemish artist.

Art; Royalty; Hapsburg

The Infanta Margarita Teresa of Spain (1651-1673) c1660. Oil on board. Portrait by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) Spanish painter. On marriage to her uncle Leopold I in 1666 she became Holy Roman Empress.

Art; Fire; Birdcage; Window; Glass

?A Country Inn'. Oil Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) Dutch genre painter. Interior showing eating and drinking, woman serving guests.

Art; Italy

Naples: Interior of the Theatre of San Carlo' c1830. Gouache by Cetteo de Stefano. Audience Stalls Box Stage Performance

Art

?Funerary Homage to Duguesclin' oil on canvas, by Jean-Jacques-Baptiste Brunet (1850-1920). Bertrand Duguesclin (c1320-1380), Breton knight, Constable of France 1369. Expelled English from France in 1374 at end of the Hundred Years War.

South; America

Chimu Mask (gold) Peru 1100-1500 AD

British; English; Literature; Play; Tragedy; Occult; Sorcery; Sorceress; Sea; Shore; Rocks; Meteorology; Storm; Wind; Waves; Lightning

Joseph Anton Kock (1819-1839) German painter. Macbeth and the Witches (1835). The witches flying through the sky riding goats and broomsticks are holding up the crown which Macbeth coverts. Incident in Shakespeare's play first performed c1606. Oil on canvas. Innsbruck Museum

History of photography

Fred Holland Day 1864-1933 Study for edition 1904

Oxford; British architecture

Hall of Christ Church College, Oxford University

Russian history; royalty

painting by Tuxen of the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra

British; Scientist; Astronomy; Science; Physics; Heat; Radiation

William Herschel (1738-1822) German-born English astronomer, investigating heating effect of infra-red (published 1800) In background is Herschel's 40ft reflecting telescope. Artist's reconstruction

Antiquity; Art; Sculpture

Venus de Milo, Parian marble statue discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos in the Aegean. Louvre, Paris.

Dutch history

Otto van Veen, Flemish painter (1556 to 1629).'The Relief of Leiden' (1574). Painted to depict events in Leiden, Holland, after the Dutch had broken their dykes in the Eighty Years' War.

Spanish history

Auto-da-fe on Plaza Mayor, Madrid 1683 Oil on canvas

Royalty; Russian; Religion; Christian; Russian; Eastern; Orthodox; Sacrament

Baptism of the Grand Duchess Tatiana, daughter of Nicholas II of Russia. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 11 October 1897.

Spanish history

Auto de Fe, painted by Francisco Ricci in 1683. A scene in the Plaza Mayor, Madrid, 30 June, 1680, during the Spanish Inquisition.

american history

President Richard Nixon at the Whitehouse 1970. Richard Nixon was President of the USA from 1969-1974.

italian art

Raphael Sanzio da Urbino

Russian art; russian history

Coronation of Emperor (Tsar) Nicholas II of Russia in 1894 by Valentin Serov (January 19, 1865 - December 5, 1911) Russian painter

Science; Swedish History

Dispute of Queen Cristina Vasa and Rene Descartes

Monarch; Royalty; German; Germany; Family; Nineteenth century; 19th century

Mural depicting four generations of the Hohenzollern Dynasty at the Kaiser Wilhelm Ged?chtniskirche Breitscheidplatz, Berlin-Charlottenburg. Mural shows from left to right, Wilhelm I, Frederick III, Wilhelm II and his wife Augusta Viktoria. Behind them is Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951).

ancient egypt

Thutmose III, sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first twenty-two years of Thutmose's reign he was co-regent with his stepmother, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost fifty-four years.

Art; Chromolithograph

The Golden Hour', c1912. After Thomas Moran (1837-1926) English-born American artist. Landscape Sunset Evening River Road Bridge Wooden Peace Tranquillity

Architecture

Shopping Arcade, Rotterdam, Holland, 1890-1900. Shops lining both sides of glass-roofed arcade. Netherlands City Trade Retail

America; USA

?General George Washington Resigning his Commission': On 23 December 1793 he resigned his commission to Congress meeting in Annapolis, an act which led to a civilian rule and a republic rather than a dictatorship. Painting by John Trumbull, c1824.

Britain; Agriculture; Orchard; Beverage; Alcohol

Harvesting cider apples, Herefordshire, England. Apples for cider are not carefully picked, they are knocked off the trees, or allowed to fall, and collected from the ground, then pressed and the juice fermented. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.

British

George Villiers, lst Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628) English statesman. Favourite of ames I and Charles I. Assassinated by John Felton. Chromolithograph after the portrait by Gerard von Honthorst.

British; English; French; Royalty

Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) queen consort of Charles I of Great Britain and Ireland. Daughter of Henry IV of France, she was married in 1625. Chromolithograph after portrait by an unknown artist.

Racism

Anti-semitism in Germany, 1933. Nazi pickets outside a Jewish-owned store carrying plackards which read Germans! Take Care! Do not buy from Jews!.

Musician

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) French composer, organist and music critic. Halftone, 1902.

British; Music; Musician; Singer

Clara Butt (1872-1936) celebrated English contralto born at Southwick near Brighton, Sussex. She made her debut in 1892. In 1920 she was created Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) for the work she did entertaining the troops during her career.

Musician; Singer; Music

Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) Italian coloratura soprano, born in Florence.

Britain; Civil; Engineering; Transport; Communication

Road bridge across Mouse Water, at Cartland Crags (Cartlane Craigs), near Lanark, Scotland. Built by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834), it was completed in 1822. Engraving after the picture by Thomas Allom (1804-1872).

Anthropology; Ethnography; Transport; Animal; Clothing; Hunting; Season

Winter Habitation of the Peasants of Kamtschatka'. Engraving from New System of Geography by Thomas Bankes (London, c1785). Inhabitants ot the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far East, gathered in their winter quarters. The hole in the ceiling above the fire also serves as an entrance and is fitted with a wooden ladder.On the left, nets are being made Arctic.

Music; Musician

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian pianist and composer in later life. Photogravure after a photograph by W & D Downey, London.

British; Scientist; Science; Electricity

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, left, and John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. Among his inventions were the Daniell cell, a wet storage battery, and a hygrometer. Engraving.

British; Religion; Christian

George Cadbury (1839-1922) in 1906 at the age of 78. English Quaker industrialist and social reformer who, with his brother Richard, took over their father's chocolate business in 1861. In 1866 they were the first in Britain to sell cocoa as a drink. In 1879 the firm moved to Bournville, Birmingham. From The Life of George Cadbury by AG Gardiner (London, 1923).

Britain

Wind's Point, the house in the Malvern Hills, Worcestershire, England, bought by George (1839-1922) and Richard (1835-1899) Cadbury, the English Quaker Chocolate manufacturers, as a country retreat for their families. The Swedish soprano Jenny Lind (1820-1887) lived here for her last 15 years before the Cadburys acquired it. Halftone after a photograph c1920 from The Life of George Cadbury by AG Gardiner (London, 1923).

Family; Mother; Child; Sibling; Housing; Servant; Domestic

Doctor Syntax Turned Nurse. Typical farmhouse kitchen-living room. The maid is doing the washing in the scullery through the doorway One child is in a basketwork cradle and another in a miniature chair. Doctor Syntax is holding what appear to be twins. Smoked hams hang from the ceiling and pewter plates stand on the shelves of the kitchen dresser. Thomas Rowlandson illustration for The Tours of Dr Syntax by William Combe (London, 1820). Aquatint.

Female

Eduard Benes (1884-1948) Czechoslovak statesman; President of Czechoslovakia 1935-1938, 1941-1945 (in exile), 1946-1948 when he resigned after a Communist coup. Halftone.

Literature; English; Allegory; Good; Evil; Religious; Christian

Christian, the pilgrim of the title, in combat with Apollyon, the Destroyer, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit. Illustration by Henry Courtney Selous (1803-1890) for an 1844 edition of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, originally published in 1678. Chromolithograph.

British; Printing; Press; Communication; Transport; Child; Labour

Newsboy selling papers in a London street as a horse bus stands at the kerbside. Chromolithograph from a children's book published London, 1867.

Literature; Juvenile; Fairy; Story; Tale

The Little Mermaid, having had her voice taken away in return for being made mortal, tries to win the Prince's love by dancing, even though every step fees as if she is dancing on knives. Chromolithograph from an edition of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen published c1880.

Literature

Heinrich Mann (1871-1950), left, and Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German novelists. In 1929 Thomas was awarded the Nobel prize for literature. From a photograph. Halftone.

Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage, showing tiles made of gingerbread. Arthur Rackham illustration for Brothers Grimm fairy story Copyright must be cleared.

Soldier; Hero

The Convalesence of Bayard' Bayard (Pierre du Terrail 1475-1524) French knigh without fear and without reproach . Paul Henri Revoil (1776-1842) French painter and dramatist. Oil on canvas.

North; Africa; Algeria

'The Bay of Algiers'. 1926. The bay viewd through luxurious foliage from a cliff-top garden with an pergola. Paul Fenasse (1899-1976) French painter. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

Religion; Christian

Virgin of the Veil (The Virgin of the Blue Diadem - The Virgin, Child and young St John). Gianfresco Penni (Il Fattore, c1488-1528) Florentine painter.

Religion; Christian; Bible; New; Testament

Christ driving the money changers out of the Temple. Matthew:21. Mid-19th century chromolithograph.

French

Juliette Recamier' (1777-1849), 1805. Francois Baron Gerard (1770-1837) French painter. Oil on Canvas.

Religion; Christian

The Madonna of the Meadow', c1500. Giovanni Bellini (c1430-1516) Italian painter.Oil and egg tempera.

Slavery; British; Colonialism

Auctioning slaves in the West Indies after their transportation from West Africa. From Rev. Isaac Taylor Scenes in Africa London 1824. Hand-coloured engraving.

Religion; Islam; Shrine

View of Mecca. Illustration from La Vie de Mohammed, Prophete d'Allah (The Life of Mohammed, Prophet of Allah).

Russia; USSR; Art; Soviet; Social; Realism

A la manivelle (Starting Up). Female engineering worker. Artist A Samokhvalov, 1934.

Religion; Christian

'The Adoration of the Magi' (1495). Perugino (Pietro Vannucci - c1450-1523) Italian painter. Oil on wood. Musee des Beaux Arts, Rouen.

Religion; Christian; Passion

Jesus on the road to Calvary. Jesus, wearing crown of thorns carrying his cross, urged on by soldier. Michiel Sittow (1469-1525). Oil on wood.

Religion; Christian

Virgin and Child with St Francis and St John the Evangelist: 1320-25. Pietro Lorenzetti (c1280-1248). Fresco, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

French; European; History

Napoleon I (1769-1821) Napoleon arriving on St Helena, 1815, for his second exile. Russian popular coloured print. 19th century.

Louisiana, New Orleans, Port of New Orleans, Riverwalk Marketplace, riverfront mall, food court, casual dining, restaurant, business, counter, Cajun food, specials, menu, jambalaya, serving station, Black, woman, worker, sneeze guard, hygiene, display,

Louisiana, New Orleans, French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Big Easy Daiquiris, bar, restaurant, business, nightlife, alcoholic drinks, cocktails, neon sign, pizza, beer,

Louisiana, New Orleans, French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Louisiana, New Orleans, French Quarter, National Historic Landmark, street scene, Bourbon Street, Maison Bourbon, business, bar, nightlife, partying, live music, jazz, entertainment, sign, dusk, pedestrian, man, woman, night, nightlife, neon, balcony,

Louisiana, New Orleans, Canal Street, downtown, Big Easy Daiquiries & Cafe, bar, restaurant, exterior, neon sign, entrance, business, job, cocktails, liquor, pizza, man, passerby, night, nightlife,

Louisiana, New Orleans, Canal Street, downtown, Big Easy Daiquiries & Cafe, bar, restaurant, exterior, neon sign, entrance, business, job, cocktails, liquor, pizza, man, woman, passerby, night, nightlife,

Louisiana, New Orleans, French Quarter, Jackson Square, art gallery, store, shopping, souvenir, framed prints, regional art, jazz musicians, crocodile,

Florida, Upper Florida Keys, Key Largo, Lake Surprise, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, water, US Route 1, Overseas Highway, bridge, trestle, sign, entering wildlife management area, idle speed no wake,

Florida, Fort Ft. Lauderdale, Cracker Barrel, restaurant, woman, waitress, employee, uniform, job, taking order, writing,

Florida, Miami, Little Havana, Miami Marlins, Major League, professional baseball, new stadium, ballpark, Marlins Park, FanFest, open house, fast food, Black, man, co-workers, uniforms, job, pose, hand signal,

Florida, Miami, Sergio's, restaurant, Cuban, Hispanic, man, woman, waiter, family, sign, front, entrance, alfresco dining, night, nightlife,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend, festival, event, sports cars, collectible cars display, classic Ford Mustang, hotel,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, New Year's Eve, Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival, Cee Lo Green, performance, dancer, costume, free concert, audience, crowd, Black, man, woman,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, New Year's Day, night, nightlife, Mango's Tropical Cafe, alfresco dining, lighting, Waldorf Towers Hotel,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, New Year's Day, night, nightlife, Mango's Tropical Cafe, alfresco dining, lighting, Waldorf Towers Hotel,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, New Year's Day, night, nightlife, Mango's Tropical Cafe, alfresco dining, lighting, Waldorf Towers Hotel,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, New Year's Day, night, nightlife, Mango's Tropical Cafe, alfresco dining, lighting, Waldorf Towers Hotel,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, Park Central Hotel, restaurant, alfresco, dining, umbrellas, night, nightlife,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, Art Deco Historic District, Majestic Hotel, restaurant, alfresco, dining, umbrellas, night, nightlife,

Florida, Miami Beach, Ocean Drive, New Year's Eve, Orange Drive Miami Beach Music Festival, Pete Wentz & and Black Cards, DJ, deejay, stage, performance, dancer, costume, free concert, cameraman,

Canada, Ontario, Toronto, Spadina Avenue, Chinatown, ethnic neighborhood, Asian, woman, elderly, hat, edestrian, walking, business, sign, bilingual, English, Chinese, hanzi, dental office, clothing store, shopping,

Sumatran, Orangutan, Pongo abelii, ape, great ape, portrait, Adelaide Zoo, South Australia,

A Sumatran Orangutan photographed at the Adelaide Zoo in South Australia. Orangutans are part of the great ape family. There are two separate species of Orangutan – the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). The Sumatran Orangutan is smaller than its Bornean counterpart and has a longer face and lighter and longer coat. It is estimated that there are fewer than 7,000 Sumatran Orangutans living in the wild today and the species is listed as critically endangered.

horizontal; face; creature; close; up; wildlife; closeup; nature; Eucaluptus; face; furry; fuzzy; grey; marsupial; Australia; phascolarctos; Koala; Koala closeup; Gum Queensland; Brisbane; animal; cinereus

Koala Closeup

London Eye; ferris wheel; from Victoria Embankment; River Thames; London; night shot; City of Westminster;

The height of the London Eye is 135m making it the fourth tallest structure in London after the BT Tower, Tower 42 and One Canada Square in Canary Wharf. The total weight of the wheel and capsules is 2,100 tonnes.

Orangutan; Borneo; Tanjung Puting; Pongo pygmaeus; ape; great ape; orangutan in tree;

A young orangutan in Tanjung Puting national park, Borneo

cityscape, sydney by night, darling harbour,

Britain; Lepidoptera; UK; animal; arthropod; brown; cryptic; fauna; hide; insect; macro; mimicry; moth; moths; wildlife

Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) on bark

Britain; Lepidoptera; Scotland; UK; arthropod; brown; fauna; hair; hairy; insect; macro; moth; moths; nut; tree; wildlife

Nut-tree Tussock (Colocasia coryli) resting on bark

Aves; Britain; RSPB; animal; bird; birding; birdwatcher; birdwatching; colour; colourful; conservation; ecology; feather; funny; happy; introduced; male; nature; orange; ornate plumage; wildlife

Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) preening on a stone standing out of pond